Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

